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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2020 LOGGING Webinars scheduled Continued from Page 1A T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 18, 1970 Oregon State Police District Four headquarters, located in Baker, is the largest Oregon State Police district in Or- egon. The district headquarters is separated from the Baker OSP Patrol Offi ce, although both are located in the same building at 1050 South Bridge St. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald August 18, 1995 UNION CREEK CAMPGROUND — For people who like to get away from home but not away from it all, this spot on the north shore of Phillips Reservoir has been a popular destination since it opened in September 1968. By next month, when the campground will be able to accommodate even more travelers who can live without the daily grind but not without fresh-ground coffee or the nightly news, it’s likely to become even more so. Workers from a Montana company are installing fresh water connections and electrical outlets at 34 of the camp- ground’s overnight spaces. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald August 18, 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley out- lined his vision of Oregon as a place where Republicans and Democrats “roll up their sleeves and work together.” By listening to people in all parts of the state and work- ing with lawmakers from all parties to change policies that discourage business development, Dudley said he will create jobs and restore a balanced statewide economy. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald August 19, 2019 The Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally has donated $2,100 to the Baker City Police Department. Todd Godfrey, the HCMR organizer, received a painting from world-renowned artist David Uhl to auction off at the HCMR concert. All funds raised from the auction were dedicated to the BCPD and the painting sold for $2,200, $100 of which went to shipping the painting to the buyer. Police Chief Ray Duman accepted the donation from Godfrey Aug. 14. The money will go to purchasing a new ballistic vest for an offi cer. “With the generosity of the Hell’s Canyon, the next of- fi cer who comes on board will get a vest,” Duman said. Ballistic vests are tailored to the offi cer and range in price from $1,400 to $1,800, not including plates and a holder that will also need to be purchased. Godfrey also presented a check of $6,240 to the Baker High School girls soccer and basketball coaches, Kristin Rushton and Jason Ramos, who represented Mat Sand, head girls basketball coach. Godfrey said the money was from the $30 fee paid by campers using the high school football fi eld for the HCMR. Rushton said the money will go to a fundraiser for a new sound system. “We got new lights on our fi eld and, so, we’re really excited to have a new sound system to go up on that.” The high school offers the practice football fi eld and parking lot to motorcyclists and travelers who want to camp out during the rally. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Aug. 15 7 — 12 — 13 — 15 — 26 — 37 Next jackpot: $5.4 million POWERBALL, Aug. 15 5 — 12 — 34 — 45 — 56 PB 3 Next jackpot: $22 million MEGA MILLIONS, Aug. 14 3 — 24 — 29 — 42 — 47 Mega 13 Next jackpot: $40 million WIN FOR LIFE, Aug. 15 4 — 15 — 33 — 55 PICK 4, Aug. 16 • 1 p.m.: 9 — 6 — 5 — 9 • 4 p.m.: 3 — 5 — 6 — 5 • 7 p.m.: 1 — 4 — 9 — 5 • 10 p.m.: 4 — 5 — 0 — 2 LUCKY LINES, Aug. 16 4-8-10-13-20-21-25-30 Next jackpot: $41,000 S ENIOR M ENUS ■ WEDNESDAY: Meat lasagna, peas, garlic breadsticks, carrot-raisin salad, cookies ■ THURSDAY: Chicken-fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, broccoli-blend vegetables, bread, potato salad, tapioca ■ FRIDAY: Barbecued pork ribs, au gratin potatoes, green beans, roll, coleslaw, lemon bars ■ MONDAY (Aug. 24): Orange-glazed chicken tenders, fried rice, Asian vegetables, bread, Asian salad, cookies ■ TUESDAY (Aug. 25): Spaghetti with meat sauce, caulifl ower, garlic breadsticks, green salad, cheesecake Over the past 25 years the agency has on occasion tried to amend the 21-inch limit. And in one notable case the agency tried to exempt a specifi c logging project from the rule. That was the Snow Basin project on the Wallowa- Whitman National Forest in eastern Baker County. Wallowa-Whitman offi cials contended that to achieve their goal of protecting from wildfi re forests that had his- torically been dominated by ponderosa pines and tama- racks but in recent decades largely replaced by Douglas- fi r and grand fi r trees, it was necessary to remove many of the fi rs, some of which were larger than 21 inches in diameter. Snow Basin included four timber sales. In 2014 Boise Cascade logged most of the fi rst sale and did a small amount of cutting on the second when a federal court, ruling on a lawsuit fi led by environmental groups, halted the project. A federal judge ruled that the Wallowa-Whitman couldn’t ignore the 21-inch limit for a single project, Snow Basin, because the issue affected the entire Wallowa- Whitman. Veronica Warnock, the con- servation director for Greater Hells Canyon Council in La Grande, said the organization has always encouraged the Forest Service to address the issue of preserving large trees at a “landscape” level rather than for specifi c projects such as Snow Basin. Warnock disputes the Forest Service’s claim that cutting trees larger than 21 inches in diameter is neces- sary. Indeed, Warnock contends that the purpose of the ban on logging such trees is as relevant today as it was 25 years ago. She said those trees store the majority of the carbon sequestered in forests. Yet Warnock said the Forest Service didn’t even address the issue of carbon storage, and its infl uence on climate change, in the environmental assessment that looks at the possible effects of ending the 21-inch limit. Many areas of national for- ests lack large dead trees — snags — that serve as habitat for birds and other wildlife, Warnock said. A signifi cant percentage of Mary Morin Baker City, 1938-2020 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays except Christmas Day by the Baker Publishing Co., a part of EO Media Group, at 1668 Resort St. (P.O. Box 807), Baker City, OR 97814. Subscription rates per month are: Baker City (97814), $10.80; all others, $12.50. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Baker City Herald, P.O. Box 807, Baker City, OR 97814. Periodicals Postage Paid at Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Copyright © 2020 such projects most of the trees removed are smaller than 21 inches. Arvid Andersen of Baker City has a much different view of the 21-inch limit. Andersen is a private for- estry consultant. He describes the 21-inch limit as “arbitrary” and he believes it has contributed to the severity of some wildfi res by restricting the Forest Ser- vice’s ability to thin forests and reduce the fuel load. Andersen said he was the contractor on a thinning project on the Wallowa-Whit- man several years ago and because loggers couldn’t cut trees larger than 21 inches, taxpayers had to subsidize the removal of the smaller, less valuable trees. He’s especially worried about how the 21-inch limit could affect the proposal to cut trees in Baker City’s 10,000-acre watershed, which is managed by the Wallowa- Whitman. Andersen is a Baker City Council member and a longtime advocate of logging in the watershed to reduce the risk of a fi re that could foul with ash and mud the streams and springs the city taps for its water supply. A large fi re in the watershed could force the city to fi nd a temporary alternative source of water as well as build a fi ltration plant that could cost several million dollars. “You can cut all the little trees you want but you’ve got to get that fuel loading down,” Andersen said. He said he doesn’t advo- cate for wholesale removal of large trees, but he believes the Forest Service should have more fl exibility than it has now with the 21-inch limit. Warnock also criticizes the Forest Service for study- ing the potential effects of eliminating the 21-inch limit through an environmental assessment rather than the more in-depth environmental impact statement. The 1969 National Envi- ronmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to study the potential effects of their actions, states that an environmental impact statement should be done for projects likely to have a signifi cant effect. Warnock contends that doing away with the 21-inch limit on six national forests clearly meets that criteria. “There’s no way there’s not going to be signifi cant effects,” she said. Greater Hells Canyon Council joined four other or- ganizations — Oregon Wild, Western Environmental Law Center, Sierra Club and Central Oregon Landwatch — in writing a letter on Aug. 12 to Forest Service Regional Forester Glenn Casamassa asking him to require an environmental impact state- ment for the proposal and extend the public comment period to at least 90 days. Oregon’s U.S. senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, have also urged the Forest Service to give the public more time to comment. and Pamela. Mary was a devoted wife and mother who taught her children to love Christ. She led a Christ-like life and showed love, kindness, and charity to all who were blessed to know her. Mary is survived by her husband, Ted; her four daughters; 24 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Albert; and her grandson, Nicholas. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cre- mation Services. Online condolences can be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com Cheshire, Oregon, and a former longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 8, 2020. An outdoor memorial service will take place at the Hentze family farm in Junc- ‘Dick’ tion City on Saturday, Aug. Hentze 22, at 2 p.m. Dick was born on March 28, 1945, at Junction City to Merle and Al- ice (Glenn) Hentze. He grew up in Junction City, graduating from Junction City Senior High School in 1963 and from Oregon State University in 1968 with a degree in education. He married Janet Baker in 1969 and moved to Baker City in 1970, where he taught elementary school until he retired in 2000. See Obituaries/Page 5A “You’ll love the work we do. I guarantee it.” - JR 225 H Street • East of I-84 • 541-523-3200 • grumpysrepair.com 1668 Resort St. Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Publisher Karrine Brogoitti kbrogoitti@lagrandeobserver. com Jayson Jacoby, editor jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Advertising email ads@bakercityherald.com Classifi ed email classified@bakercityherald.com Circulation email circ@bakercityherald.com the old trees in national for- ests east of the Cascades were logged between World War II and the late 1980s, which is one reason environmental groups lobbied, and in some cases sued, to prevent logging of the remaining older trees. Warnock agrees with the Forest Service that the 21- inch limit was intended to be a temporary rule when the agency enacted it in 1995. But she contends the Forest Service has not replaced the rule with a policy that would adequately protect large trees. And the agency’s current proposal would not accomplish that goal, either, she believes. Instead, Warnock said, the Forest Service is in effect pro- posing to give national forest supervisors the authority to cut large trees with no limit on the number or size. She said she doesn’t expect that ending the rule would lead to widespread logging of big trees, but she believes there would be an increase in cutting of trees larger than 21 inches, especially in areas that haven’t been logged recently. “There’s a lot of room to improve the (21-inch) rule, but we believe going forward we still need enforceable protec- tion (for large trees) rather than giving full discretion to forest supervisors,” Warnock said. Although Forest Service offi cials say the 21-inch limit has made it more diffi cult to thin crowded forests and reduce the wildfi re danger, Warnock notes that in many On July 30, 2020, Mary Patricia Morin, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died peacefully at the age of 82 with her family by her side. Mary A graveside service and Morin dedication will take place on Friday, Aug. 21, at 11 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mary was born on March 17, 1938, at Fossil to Alfred and Elsie (Harrison) Caldera. She was the fifth of 10 children. She met her lifelong love, Ted Morin, in ‘Dick’ Hentze 1954 and they were married on Aug. 12, 1958. They were blessed with a son, Albert, Formerly of Baker City, 1945-2020 Richard Merle “Dick” Hentze, 75, of and four daughters: Karen, Nancy, Janell C ONTACT THE H ERALD ISSN-8756-6419 Serving Baker County since 1870 Lisa Britton/ For the Baker City Herald A spider web in a forest along Rock Creek in the Elkhorn Mountains west of Haines. O BITUARIES Luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75, under 60. Meals must be picked up; there is no dining on site. Telephone: 541-523-3673 Fax: 541-833-6414 A 30-day public com- ment period is under- way for the U.S. Forest Service’s environmen- tal assessment and proposed amendment to the 21-inch harvest standard. The agency will hold a pair of webinars, scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 and 1:30-3 p.m. Aug. 20, to provide information and gather feedback. Registration information will be posted on the project’s website at https://go.usa. gov/xvV4X. Groups and individuals can also sub- mit written comments via email to SM.FS. EScreens21@usda.gov. Stay Active and Have Fun This Summer! 2390 Broadway, Baker City 541-523-5223 Still running unsupported Windows 7? We’ll help you avoid critical issues by installing Windows 10! Computer not running as fast as when it was new? Let us install lightning-fast solid state drive!
